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Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:28
AM
Subject: IML: no fire in this hole
Steady decline in engine operation has me in untenable spot. Bought
63 custom a month ago with two year old gas in the tank. Stupid me:
tried to actually drive it up and down my street with rapidly
deteriorating results. Car now just cranks with uneven sound of
some non-uniform compression but will not combust. Removal of VC
revealed one pushrod is GONE from #3; bent one from #4 had fallen
from rocker arm so there we are at 75% already. Yes there is a spark;
yes I have cleaned plugs after each attempt to start. Accelerator pump
makes nice squirt every time. But even a blast of starting fluid down
the throats fails to make ANY internal combustions.
--1) Could the valves have gotten so varnished up from the rotten
fuel that no decent charge is getting into enough of the remaining chambers to
reach break even point?
--2) Is there any failure mode of the carb itself that could
explain this?
I need to get this thing into my carport (uphill) to get heads off.
Would take an army of WWF stars to accomplish that with dead
motor. If answer to number 1 is yes, I guess I am stuck. If
number 2 is yes, then some time spent on carb might not be wasted.
Thank you for guidance.
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